50 Most Famous Native Americans in Media

Celebrity Native Americans claim ties to various tribes indigenous to the United States. These notable faces in art, film, and music often draw from their background for their work, ensuring indigenous people are accurately represented in pop culture.

Many famous Native Americans can prove their ties definitively and do an excellent job representing the traditionally marginalized group in the media. Singers like Beyoncé, Tori Amos, and Jimi Hendrix have Native ancestors, and singer and actress Rosario Dawson has a mixed-race background with some Native heritage.

Key Takeaways

• For decades, Native American actors and actresses have made their mark in Hollywood, with names such as Wes Studi, Graham Greene, and Q’orianka Kilcher becoming household names.
• Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, and A Tribe Called Red are among the many Native American musicians making their voices heard via music.
• Numerous Native American writers, like Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Leslie Marmon Silko, have received international acclaim for their works about the Native American experience.
• Native American athletes such as Jim Thorpe, Billy Mills, and Waneek Horn-Miller have made significant contributions to athletics both on and off the field.
• Native American politicians such as Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids are breaking down barriers and making history by serving in Congress and fighting for Indigenous rights.
• The artists such as Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Jeffrey Gibson, and Wendy Red Star are using their platforms to dispel prejudices and promote Indigenous art.
• Native American representation in the media is critical because it helps to overcome harmful stereotypes and encourages greater understanding and appreciation for Indigenous traditions.
  Notwithstanding the advances made by Native American superstars in the media, Indigenous people still have a long way to go in terms of actual equity and representation.
• It is critical to recognize and appreciate Native American celebrities’ accomplishments, while simultaneously supporting new media voices fighting to make the business more inclusive and diverse.

1. Angelina Jolie

Full name	Angelina Jolie Voight
Date of birth	June 4, 1975
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1982–present
Occupation	Actress, Filmmaker, Humanitarian

Angelina Jolie is a very famous American actress, director, and humanitarian. Her name is no stranger to movie fans around the world. She is always at the top of the list of the most beautiful stars in the world and possesses one of the most attractive and sexy bodies and looks. Not only that, but throughout her career, she has won many notable awards and is recognized and honored as Hollywood’s highest-earning actress.

Before becoming a star, she spent most of her childhood in New York before moving to Los Angeles at 11. She attended the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute for two years, then studied drama at New York University.

2. Beyoncé 

Full name	Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter
Date of birth	September 4, 1981
Birthplace	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Years active	1997 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, Actress,…

Beyoncé is an American singer, dancer, and music producer. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in many singing and dancing competitions as a child and rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead vocalist of the girl group Destiny’s Child.

Not only does possessing a powerful voice and attractive appearance, but the “Queen Bee” is also impressed by her talent in all fields. Beyoncé is an icon of the global music scene and one of the faces that helped turn this rigid industry forever. 

3. Taylor Swift

Full name	Taylor Alison Swift
Date of birth	December 13, 1989
Birthplace	West Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Years active	2004 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Director, Actress, Businesswoman

Taylor Swift is known as an American singer, songwriter, and actress. With her debut song Tim McGraw, she quickly dominated the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, opening the door for later success. Beyond expectations, hit songs like “Teardrops On My Guitar”, “You Belong With Me”, “Love Story”, “Fearless” or “Shake It Off” have gradually attracted the attention of the public and created their own unique character in style.

After nearly two decades of working in America, she has brought home eleven Grammy Awards and countless other prestigious awards. In addition, Taylor Swift has also been named in Billboard’s Best Artist of All Time chart voted in 2019.

4. Lady GaGa

Full name	Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Date of birth	March 28, 1986
Birthplace	New York City, U.S.
Years active	2001 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Actress

Lady GaGa is an American singer-songwriter born and raised in New York City. She has long been known as an eccentric and multi-talented pop icon. She constantly changes her musical style through each period and does not hesitate to express herself with a unique image.

In the past few years, fans had remembered her not only as a musical artist but also as a potential actress after Lady Gaga’s resounding success when she broke into the film industry.

5. Billie Eilish 

Full name	Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell
Date of birth	December 18, 2001
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	2015 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter

Billie Eilish was born in 2001 in the US, in a family with parents who are actors. She emerged from the music posted on Soundcloud with a new, dark, ghostly but equally attractive style. 

Billie is the most iconic young singer-songwriter of our time. With a unique style of music composition, she is one of the young artists to have won four major categories of the Grammy Awards in one year. 

6. Cathy Moriarty

Full name	Catherine Anne Moriarty
Date of birth	November 29, 1960
Birthplace	The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Years active	1980–present
Occupation	Actress, Singer

Catherine Anne Moriarty is an American actress and singer with a career spanning more than 40 years. Moriarty was born in The Bronx borough of New York City, the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants Catherine, a homemaker, and John Moriarty, a warehouse worker. She was raised in Yonkers, New York, where she attended Lincoln High School.

She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Raging Bull. She has also appeared in other films, including Neighbors, White of the Eye, Soapdish, Casper, Analyze That, and The Bounty Hunter. She has appeared in television roles, such as Tales from the Crypt, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 

7. Kendrick Lamar

Full name	Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
Date of birth	June 17, 1987
Birthplace	Compton, California, USA
Years active	2003 – present
Occupation	Rapper, Singer. Songwriter

Kendrick Lamar is an American rapper, songwriter, and producer. He is considered one of the most influential rappers in America in general and Hip-hop culture in particular. Besides his solo career, he is a member of the hip-hop group Black Hippy along with Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Schoolboy Q. 

Labeled the “new king of hip hop,” Kendrick Lamar has won 12 Grammy awards and, in 2018, became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer prize for Music for his album “Damn,” marking a significant milestone for the music genre.

8. Johnny Depp

Full name	John Christopher Depp II
Date of birth	June 9, 1963
Birthplace	Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
Years active	1984 – present
Occupation	Actor, Musician, Film producer, Writer

Johnny Depp is an American actor, musician, and producer known for his diverse and eccentric film selection. He became known for playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.

Depp has received numerous awards, including a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA Awards. He made his acting debut in the bloody and bloody film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) before emerging as a high school icon on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987-1990). 

Johnny Depp claimed to be Cherokee in a 2002 interview. He stated: My great-grandmother was Native American; she grew up Cherokee or maybe Creek Indian. Makes sense in terms of coming from Kentucky, which is rife with Cherokee and Creek.

9. Joaquin Phoenix 

Full name	Joaquin Rafael Phoenix
Date of birth	October 28, 1974
Birthplace	Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Years active	1982 – present
Occupation	Actor, Producer, Animal rights activist

Joaquin Phoenix conquered the world through the magic and madness he planted in the Joker character. He is one of the actors who represent terrifyingly immersive acting. 

He has received Academy Award nominations for his role in Walk the Line (2005), where he portrayed Johnny Cash, and for his role as a World War II veteran in the Paul Thomas Anderson film The Master (2012). Other notable roles include Signs (2002), Inherent Vice (2014), and The Village (2004). Aside from acting, Phoenix is also a producer and activist, particularly for animal rights.

10. Tori Amos

Full name	Myra Ellen Amos
Date of birth	August 22, 1963
Birthplace	Newton, North Carolina, U.S.
Years active	1979 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Pianist

Tori Amos‘s family tree includes both Native American ancestors and Confederate soldiers. Her sister, Marie Amos Dobyns, is an active member of the Association of American Indian Physicians. 

Amos has received five MTV VMA nominations and eight Grammy Award nominations and won an Echo Klassik award for her Night of Hunters classical crossover album. She is listed on VH1’s 1999 “100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll” at number 71.

11. Taylor Lautner

Full name	Taylor Daniel Lautner
Date of birth	February 11, 1992
Birthplace	Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Years active	2001 – present
Occupation	Actor

Taylor Lautner is a familiar actor to the international audience. He is best known for playing shapeshifter Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga film series.

Taylor Lautner was born and raised in Michigan, USA. He was born into a family whose father is a pilot and whose mother is an employee in a software company. No family member followed the arts, but Taylor Lautner fell in love with acting very early. Although he is only 30 years old, he has had more than 20 years of an acting career. Currently, the actor has a strong foothold in the Hollywood film market.

12. Cameron Diaz

Full name	Cameron Michelle Diaz
Date of birth	August 30, 1972
Birthplace	San Diego, California, U.S.
Years active	1990–2014, 2022–present
Occupation	Actress, Author, Entrepreneur

Cameron Diaz has stated she has Native American ancestry on her mother’s side. Cameron Diaz’s full name is Cameron Michelle Diaz, is an American actress, producer, model, and author. 

She became a movie star thanks to participating in films such as The Mask (1994), My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997), and There’s Something About Mary (1998). She is also a voice actress for the role of Princess Fiona in the series “Shrek” (2001-2010).

13. Megan Fox

Full name	Megan Denise Fox
Date of birth	May 16, 1986
Birthplace	Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.
Years active	2001 – present
Occupation	Actress

Megan Fox has a small amount of Powhatan Native American blood in her ancestry. She began her acting career in 2001 with a number of television series and short films, appearing regularly on the sitcom Hope & Faith. Megan Fox participated in more movies and got many impressive and resonant roles. In particular, she also achieved many achievements and won many prestigious awards.

Moreover, the actress also possesses a charming and somewhat wild beauty. And she is also known by many as “the fiery sex bomb of the 21st century”.

14. Cher 

Full name	Cherilyn Sarkisian
Date of birth	May 20, 1946
Birthplace	El Centro, California, US
Years active	1963 – present
Occupation	Singer, Actress, Television personality

Cher has stated that she’s roughly 6% Cherokee on her mother’s side. Cher is the most powerful woman in pop music with the title Goddess Of Pop. Cher rose to stardom while singing with her husband, Sonny Bono, in the 1960s and hit #1 with the single “I Got You Babe” before they co-starred in The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.

Cher pursued an acting career in the 1980s, starring in films like Silkwood and Mask and winning an Academy Award for her performance in Moonstruck. Cher also enjoyed more musical success with ’80s rock hits and a global dance hit.

15. Robert Downey Jr.

Full name	Robert John Downey Jr.
Date of birth	April 4, 1965
Birthplace	NYC, New York, U.S.
Years active	1970 – present
Occupation	Actor, Producer

Robert Downey Jr. was born in Manhattan, New York City, the younger of two children. Downey is a talented actor who had a successful movie career early but also had many ups and downs. Forging through theater roles, he proved his talent with groundbreaking roles in films: The Singing Detective, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, A Scanner Darkly, Gothika, Zodiac, Tropic Thunder, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: The game of the dark, etc. 

Especially in 2008, Robert Downey Jr. joined Iron Man – the work is likened to the “Big Bang” that formed the Marvel cinematic universe. Since Iron Man, the iconic image of Iron Man armor has been associated with Robert Downey and was his career-changing launchpad.

16. John Travolta

Full name	John Joseph Travolta
Date of birth	February 18, 1954
Birthplace	Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	1972–present
Occupation	Actor, Singer

John Travolta is a veteran actor of the 70s. He was born in New Jersey and dropped out of high school at 16 to pursue acting. John Travolta is a name associated with such hit movies as Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease (1978), Face Off (1997), Primary Colors (1998), Wild Hogs (2007), Hairspray (2007),… 

In his acting career spanning from the 1960s to the present, Travolta has twice received Oscar nominations, the most recent of which is the nomination for the outstanding role-playing performance in Pulp Fiction.

17. Kylie Jenner

Full name	Kylie Kristen Jenner
Date of birth	August 10, 1997
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	2007 – present
Occupation	Media personality, Socialite, Businesswoman

Kylie Jenner is a native of the small town of Calabasas, located in California. Kylie Jenner is an American reality television personality, photo model, businessman, and billionaire. 

When she appeared on the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians in 2007, she became famous on channel E!. At the same time, she is the founder of the cosmetics brand Kylie Cosmetics. In 2017, Kylie appeared on Forbes Magazine’s Celebrity 100 list, becoming the youngest person to appear on this list.

18. Tom Hanks 

Full name	Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
Date of birth	July 9, 1956
Birthplace	Concord, California, U.S.
Years active	1977 – present
Occupation	Actor, Filmmaker

Tom Hanks is one of the most famous actors in America. He is known as the most perfect and extraordinary actor in Hollywood. He won two Academy Awards for his roles in the Philadelphia and Forrest Gump films.

Tom Hanks is recognized as the leading star of the romantic comedy genre. Having succeeded in both art and commercial films, with both talent and guaranteed revenue, he is one of the top names Hollywood producers want to find. Not only focusing on acting, but Hanks also developed in other fields and has been successful as a director, producer, and even a screenwriter.

19. Adrian Grenier

Full name	Adrian Sean Grenier
Date of birth	July 10, 1976
Birthplace	Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Years active	1997  – present
Occupation	Actor, Producer director, Musician

Adrian Grenier was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the son of Karesse Grenier and John Dunbar. He was raised by his mother in New York City. Grenier’s genetic ancestry is over 8% Native American.

 He is best known for his portrayal of Vincent Chase in the television series Entourage (2004–2011). He has appeared in films such as Drive Me Crazy (1999), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Trash Fire (2016) and Marauders (2016). He recently acted in the Netflix series Clickbait (2021).

20. Vanessa Hudgens

Full name	Vanessa Anne Hudgens
Date of birth	December 14, 1988
Birthplace	Salinas, California, U.S.
Years active	1998 – present
Occupation	Actress, Singer

Vanessa Anne Hudgens is an American actress and singer. Vanessa Hudgens started acting at a young age; she became famous in the movie High School Musical and then also acted in many other films, most of which were television series.

Vanessa Hudgens was born in Salinas, California, United States. Her father, Greg Hudgens, is of Irish, American, and Indian ancestry.

21. Channing Tatum

Full name	Channing Matthew Tatum
Date of birth	April 26, 1980
Birthplace	Cullman, Alabama, U.S.
Years active	2000 – present
Occupation	Actor, Producer

Channing Matthew Tatum was born on April 26, 1980, in a small town in Alabama with four bloodlines in his body: Irish, German, French, and American.

Tatum made his film debut in the TV series Coach Carter (2005). His breakout role was in the 2006 dance film Step Up, which introduced him to a wide audience and got him into bigger projects. A 2009 GQ article revealed Channing Tatum is part Native American. 

22. Rosario Dawson

Full name	Rosario Isabel Dawson
Date of birth	May 9, 1979
Birthplace	New York City, U.S.
Years active	1995 – present
Occupation	Actress

Dawson was born on May 9, 1979, in New York City. Rosario Dawson is of a mixed-race background that includes some Native heritage. Dawson is also known for having several roles in film and television adaptations of comic books. 

She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama Kids. Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game (1998), Men in Black II (2002), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Unstoppable (2010),….. 

23. Willie Nelson

Full name	Willie Hugh Nelson
Date of birth	April 29, 1933
Birthplace	Abbott, Texas, U.S.
Years active	1956 – present
Occupation	Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Actor, Activist

Willie Nelson born in Abbos, Texas, United States. He began his singing career in the late 1950s. During his musical career, Willie Nelson performed over 2,500 country songs and released more than 300 different albums. 

Before starting solo, he was a member of the legendary country band HighwayMen, featuring other veteran faces such as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jenning, and Kristofferson. The group resonated throughout the United States thanks to their debut record with a song of the same name. He is also one of the singers with a relatively long career of more than six decades and received countless awards, including the “Best Song of 2015 Gershwin” award by the Library of Congress. donate.

24. Miley Cyrus 

Full name	Miley Ray Cyrus
Date of birth	November 23, 1992
Birthplace	Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.
Years active	2001–present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Actress

Miley Cyrus is an actress, singer, songwriter, and philanthropist. Miley Cyrus was born in Nashville, Tennessee, with her mother, actress Leticia Tish, and father, famous country music singer and songwriter Billy Ray Cyrus. Born into an artistic family, she was drawn to music and movies from a young age. 

She became famous thanks to the hit series Hannah Montana on Disney Channel in 2006. Cyrus has achieved many impressive achievements in both music and film. She was twice on the top 100 most influential people voted by Time magazine twice.

25. Tommy Lee Jones

Full name	Tommy Lee Jones
Date of birth	September 15, 1946
Birthplace	San Saba, Texas, U.S.
Years active	1969 – present
Occupation	Actor, Film director

Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor and film director best known for Series Man in Black. There’s probably no role that the audience has yet to see. He had the opportunity to try on various images, and Tommy perfectly coped with the embodiment of each of them. Proof of the star’s talent is numerous nominations for prestigious awards: Oscars, Emmys, and others.

Jones was born in San Saba, Texas. He has claimed in various interviews to have a Cherokee grandmother. 

26. Heather Locklear

Full name	Heather Deen Locklear
Date of birth	September 25, 1961
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1980 – present
Occupation	Actress

Heather Deen Locklear was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Diane, a production executive, and Bill Locklear, a UCLA administrator and former Colonel in the United States Marine Corps. 

She is an American actress famous for her role as Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place (1993–1999), for which she received four consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She is also known for her role as Sammy Jo Carrington on Dynasty from 1981 to 1989, her first major television role, which began a longtime collaboration with producer Aaron Spelling.

27. Sarah Paulson

Full name	Sarah Catharine Paulson
Date of birth	December 17, 1974
Birthplace	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Years active	1994 – present
Occupation	Actress

Sarah Paulson is a prominent name that is being sought in the movie capital. Possessing a diverse acting career on all three fronts of stage, film, and television. This female star also has accumulated many nominations and touched many prestigious awards. In addition, the beauty was once on the list of 100 most influential people voted by Time magazine.

After all these years in the arts, the talent of the actress born in 1974 has always kept her style. She always makes people admire her talent, directors, and producers feel secure when assigning roles, and the audience can never criticize her acting. Although Sarah Paulson’s name is mainly associated with the horror thriller genre, she has also appeared in many other films of various genres.

28. Ciara

Full name	Ciara Princess Wilson
Date of birth	October 25, 1985
Birthplace	Fort Hood, Texas, U.S.
Years active	2002 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, Actress

Ciara was born in the city of Austin – the capital of the state of Texas, USA. However, her hometown is the most populous city and also the capital of the state of Georgia, USA: Atlanta.

Ciara released her debut solo album “Goodies” in 2004 with the hit single of the same name. The album went on to be nominated for four Grammys. Her follow-up album “Ciara the Evolution,” like “Goodies before it, reached no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. With her love for music and dedication to her songs, she is known as the “Queen of R&B.”

29. Eminem 

Full name	Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Date of birth	October 17, 1972
Birthplace	St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Years active	1988 – present
Occupation	Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Record producer

Eminem is an American rapper, singer, producer, and actor. Eminem quickly shot to fame in 1999 with the brand’s opening album, The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for a best rap album. 

Eminem is one of the best-selling rap artists in history, having sold more than 80 million records worldwide. Eminem was named the best artist of the decade by Billboard magazine in the United States in 2009. Eminem is a rapper with a large number of albums all time. He was ranked 82nd in the list of ‘The Immortals’ by Rolling Stone magazine – a magazine specializing in music.

30. Barbara Bach

Full name	Barbara Goldbach
Date of birth	August 27, 1947
Birthplace	New York City, New York, U.S.
Years active	1965 – present
Occupation	Actress, model

Barbara Goldbach was born in the Queens neighborhood of Rosedale in New York City. Barbara Bach is an American actress and model known as the Bond girl/Russian spy Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X) from the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. 

Bach has 28 films to her credit. She was featured in a pictorial in Playboy in January 1981. She also had a cameo in a September 1987 special issue on the Bond girls. She has been married to former Beatle Ringo Starr since 1981. 

31. Jacob Sartorius

Full name	Rolf Jacob Sartorius
Date of birth	October 2, 2002
Birthplace	Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Years active	2015 – present
Occupation	Singer, Social media personality

Jacob Sartorius was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Shortly after his birth, he was adopted and moved to Virginia because his birth parents could not take care of him. He was raised in Reston, Virginia, by his adoptive parents. At age seven, he began acting in musicals, where he discovered his love for performing. 

Sartorius has been nominated for various awards in his career, including a Teen Choice Award and an iHeart Radio Music Award.

32. Liv Tyler 

Full name	Liv Rundgren Tyler
Date of birth	July 1, 1977
Birthplace	New York City, U.S.
Years active	1991 – present
Occupation	Actress, Producer, Singer, Model

Liv Tyler is an American actress, singer, and model. Tyler was born at Mount Sinai Hospital in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York. She is known for his role as Arwen Undomiel in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. She started her modeling career at the age of 14.

After that, she decided to focus on acting and had her film debut in ‘Silent Fall’. She achieved critical recognition with her leading roles in ‘Heavy and Empire Records’.

33. Elisabeth Shue

Full name	Elisabeth Judson Shue
Date of birth	October 6, 1963
Birthplace	Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Years active	1982 – present
Occupation	Actress

Elisabeth Shue is an American actress who tends to be wholly immersed in a role and is versatile. She is an actress who has been around for quite some time and has been in many movies. 

Elisabeth is very famous in Hollywood for her excellent acting skills and not to mention: her gorgeousness. Her films are in various genres, from comedy and horror to romance; she can do it all. The 59-year-old actress is still going strong in the industry and has the right to choose whatever role she wants.

34. Bruce Springsteen 

Full name	Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
Date of birth	September 23, 1949
Birthplace	Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	1964 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Musician

Springsteen is an iconic fixture of American music. His style concentrates on his distinctive voice and lyrics, often concerning working-class Americans. His tours, often with the E Street Band, are noted for their energetic performances and often long lengths.

His commercial sales, with famous albums such as Born to Run (1975), Born in the USA (1984), and The Rising (2002), has reached over 135 million sold. Between 1985 and 2010, he won 20 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, 4 MTV Music Video Awards, and 2 Golden Globe Awards.

35. Stefanie Scott

Full name	Stefanie Noelle Scott
Date of birth	December 6, 1996
Birthplace	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Years active	2008 – present
Occupation	Actress, singer

Stefanie Scott was born in Chicago, Illinois, but she lives and works mainly in Los Angeles, California- United States. Best known for her role in Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015), Scott has also appeared in Flipped (2010) and Jem and the Holograms (2015), as well as other movies and television shows.

She is also a recording artist, having released the pop EP New Girl in Town in 2009 and several singles since then. She has also contributed to some of her films’ soundtracks and appeared in other artists’ music videos.

36. Faith Hill

Full name	Audrey Faith McGraw
Date of birth	September 21, 1967
Birthplace	Ridgeland, Mississippi, U.S.
Years active	1993 – present
Occupation	Singer, actress

Faith Hill was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 21, 1967. She is one of the most successful country music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million records worldwide. Her hit songs include “Breathe” and “Cry”, which won Hill a Grammy Award. 

Not only is she a world-famous country singer with countless prestigious awards, but Faith Hill is also known as a woman with a happy family and a scandal-free life.

37. Carmen Electra

Full name	Tara Leigh Patrick
Date of birth	April 20, 1972
Birthplace	Sharonville, Ohio, U.S.
Years active	1990 – present
Occupation	Actress, Model, Singer, Media personality

Carmen Electra was born in Sharonville, Ohio, to Harry Patrick, a guitarist and entertainer, and his wife Patricia, a singer. 

She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show “Singled Out”, on the TV series “Baywatch”, and dancing with the Pussycat Dolls, and has since had roles in the parody films “Scary Movie”, “Date Movie”, “Epic Movie”, “Meet the Spartans”, and “Disaster Movie”.

38. James Hetfield

Full name	James Alan Hetfield
Date of birth	August 3, 1963
Birthplace	Downey, California, USA
Years active	1978 – present
Occupation	Heavy metal, Thrash metal, Hard rock, Speed metal

James Hetfield was born in Downey, California, the son of Cynthia Bassett, a light opera singer, and Virgil Lee Hetfield, a truck driver. Hetfield is a co-founder, lead singer, rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter, and member of the heavy metal band Metallica. After many years of dedication to Metallica, James Hetfield has made the band one of the monuments of the world metal village in general and thrash metal in particular. 

Now, the music of James and Metallica is always placed in the most solemn position in the hearts of fans and lovers of this powerful music. It may not be necessary to say too much about James’ exceptional musical talent. Composing, playing guitar, writing lyrics, and performing songs. 

39. Robin Wright

Full name	Robin Gayle Wright
Date of birth	April 8, 1966
Birthplace	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Years active	1983 – present
Occupation	Actress, Director, Producer, Singer, Model

Robin Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), a cosmetics saleswoman, and Freddie Wright, a pharmaceutical company employee. Wright grew up in San Diego, California. 

Wright is an American actress and director who rose to fame starring in the soap opera Santa Barbara from 1984 to 1989. Her notable film roles include 1989’s The Princess Bride, 1994’s Forrest Gump, and 2017’s Wonder Woman. She also starred in Netflix’s House of Cards, for which she won a Golden Globe in 2013.

40. Julia Roberts 

Full name	Julia Fiona Roberts
Date of birth	October 28, 1967
Birthplace	Smyrna, Georgia, U.S.
Years active	1987 – present
Occupation	Actress

Julia Roberts (born in 1967) is an American actress and producer. She once shared her childhood dream of being a veterinarian, but fate brought Roberts to acting. The actress rose to fame playing Pretty Woman alongside Richard Gere. The success of the film brought the 23-year-old actress at that time to become an A-list star. Vai

The role of Vivian Ward helped her bring home a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Since then, Julia Roberts has been associated with “Beautiful Woman”. She was considered a beauty icon in the late 80s. Julia Roberts became one of the most famous names, with impressive acting and engaging performances. The actress for a lead role was among the highest in the film industry at that time – 20 million USD.

41. Jodie Foster

Full name	Alicia Christian Foster
Date of birth	November 19, 1962
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1968 – present
Occupation	Actress, Filmmaker

Jodie Foster is a film actress who has been acting since she was a child, with a career from the late 60s to the present day. Projects featuring Jodie are always appreciated both artistically and commercially. There is no shortage of famous female stars in Hollywood, but Jodie Foster is still remembered for her distinctive style. Jodie Foster is among the few actors to win all four major acting awards, in addition to 2 Oscars, 2 Golden Globe Awards, 3 BAFTA Awards, and 1 Motion Picture Actors Guild Award.

Foster was born in Los Angeles, the youngest child of Evelyn Ella “Brandy” and Lucius Fisher Foster III, a wealthy businessman. On her father’s side, she is descended from John Alden, who arrived in North America on the Mayflower in 1620. 

42. Kevin Costner

Full name	Kevin Michael Costner
Date of birth	January 18, 1955
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1974 – present
Occupation	Actor, Producer, Film director, Musician

Kevin Costner is a longtime actor whose best-known films include Field of Dreams, The Untouchables, and Bull Durham. He directed, produced, and starred in 1990’s Classic Dances with Wolves, for which he won two Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture.

Costner was born in Lynwood, California, and grew up in Compton, California. His father’s heritage originates with German immigrants to North Carolina in the 1700s, and Costner also has English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry. 

43. Kristen Stewart

Full name	Kristen Jaymes Stewart
Date of birth	April 9, 1990
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1999 – present
Occupation	Actress

Kristen Stewart is an American actress born in 1990 in Los Angeles. She is known as a talented actress, model, beautiful, and loved by many people. The actress’s opening film was The Safety of Objects, then Kristen made an impression on the audience with the role of Sarah Altman in Panic Room. However, at this time, she was not widely known until she took on the main role of Bella in the hit movie series Twilight, then Kristen’s reputation was fully noticed by the public. 

She has acted in the following films: Panic Room (2002), Speak (2004), Into the Wild (2007), The Messengers (2007), Adventure Land (2009), The Runaways (2010), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), etc.

44. Tobey Maguire

Full name	Tobias Vincent Maguire
Date of birth	June 27, 1975
Birthplace	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Years active	1989 – present
Occupation	Actor, Film producer

Tobey Maguire is an American actor famous for playing Spider-Man in three films of the same name directed by Sam Raimi, released from 2002 to 2007. By 2021, he will return to the role of a lifetime through the blockbuster Spider. Man: No Way Home.

In addition to being an actor, Tobey is also known as the president of the film production company Material Picture. Although currently no longer active, the actor still receives much love from the audience to this day.

45. Katy Perry

Full name	Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson
Date of birth	October 25, 1984
Birthplace	Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Years active	2001 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter

Katy Perry (Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson) is an American singer and songwriter. After twenty years of activity, she has sold more than one hundred million singles worldwide, making her the highest-selling artist of all time. Katy Perry is famous for her unique bass voice, which many people love. Perry is recognized for her influence on 2010s pop music influences and styles. 

Regarding Katy Perry’s massive musical fortune, albums like Prism, Witness, and Smile cannot be ignored. Not to mention Teenage Dream, which has five number-one songs on the Billboard Hot 100.

46. Drew Barrymore

Full name	Drew Blythe Barrymore
Date of birth	February 22, 1975
Birthplace	Culver City, California, U.S.
Years active	1977 – present
Occupation	Actress, Director, Producer, Actor

Drew Barrymore came from an artistic family when her grandfather was a famous actor – talented filmmaker John Barrymore, and his grandfather was Manrice Costello famous for silent films. And yet, her father is actor John Drew Barrymore, and her mother is actress Jaid Barymore. It is not difficult to understand when she soon showed her acting talent from a young age, was exposed to the camera and had the opportunity to appear in commercials.

She went on to star in a number of high-profile films, including the Charlie’s Angles film reboots, opposite Lucy Liu, and Cameron Diaz, which she also produced. Barrymore has been critically acclaimed for a number of her roles; in 2009, she won a Best Actress Golden Globe award for the TV “Grey Gardens”. In 2020 she debuted her syndicated talk show “The Drew Barrymore Show” .

47. Carrie Underwood 

Full name	Carrie Marie Underwood
Date of birth	March 10, 1983
Birthplace	Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Years active	2005 – present
Occupation	Singer, songwriter

Carrie Underwood emerged after winning the 2005 American Idol contest. With her high-pitched, strong voice and friendly and lovely face, Carrie Underwood quickly won the attention of music-loving audiences. 

Not only won the title of American Idol 2005, but Carrie Underwood also won 4 times the Grammy Awards – an award that any artist dreams of achieving. In addition, Carrie Underwood is also known as a musician.

48. Elijah Wood

Full name	Elijah Jordan Wood
Date of birth	January 28, 1981
Birthplace	Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
Years active	1989 – present
Occupation	Actor, Producer

Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). 

The success of the role of Frodo Baggins not only brought glory and huge revenue to “Lord of the Rings” and transformed Elijah from an unnamed actor into a “goose that lays golden eggs”. Hollywood movie studios.

49. Kaley Cuoco

Full name	Kaley Christine Cuoco
Date of birth	November 30, 1985
Birthplace	Camarillo, California, U.S.
Years active	1992 – present
Occupation	Actress

Kaley Cuoco is an actress loved by millions of American audiences through the long-running series The Big Bang Theory, and her name is honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With this cult role, she earned an impressive salary – $ 1 million per episode.

Kaley Cuoco’s name is consistently among the highest-earning television actresses. Fans loved Cuoco when they unanimously voted her as one of the most favorite TV comedians at the People’s Choice Awards in 2014 and 2015.

50. Aaron Paul

Full name	Aaron Paul Sturtevant
Date of birth	August 27, 1979
Birthplace	Emmett, Idaho, U.S.
Years active	1998 – present
Occupation	Actor, Producer

Aaron Paul was born in Emmett, Idaho, the youngest of four children born to Darla and Baptist minister Robert Sturtevant. 

Paul became prominent for his role as Jesse Pinkman in “Breaking Bad” (2008-13). He won several awards for this role, including three Emmy Awards. Since his breakthrough, he has appeared in numerous films, such as “Need for Speed” (2014), and has appeared in the Hulu series “The Path” since 2014.

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